The Alpha Ruined My Sister’s Life Last Life Chapter 10

The Alpha Ruined My Sister’s Life Last Life Chapter 10

The door opened, and my mom appeared in the doorway.

“You’ve got some nerve…”

Draven stepped past me, dropped to one knee, and tilted his head to expose the mark on his neck to the man standing behind her.

Grandpa Orion stood there with his arms crossed, his face unreadable.

In wolf culture, when an Alpha shows an elder his mate’s mark, it means one thing: your granddaughter claimed me first, and I wanted her to.

My mom’s anger evaporated on the spot.

Her mouth twitched before breaking into a huge smile.

“Mr. Blackthorn.” Draven stayed on one knee. “This is my fault. I should’ve come sooner. Whatever you decide, I’ll accept it. But Raven’s been driving for two days. If someone’s getting punished, let it be me.”

Orion didn’t blink.

He stared at Draven for so long I almost turned around and got back in the truck.

“…Come in. Turkey’s getting cold.”

My mom immediately pulled Draven to his feet and dragged him inside.

Grandpa turned and walked away, but I caught the slightest change in his expression as he passed me.

We were in.

Lark appeared in the hallway with the baby in her arms.

Aldric followed half a step behind her with a diaper bag over one shoulder and a bottle in his hand.

“Careful. It’s slippery here.”

He guided Lark around a wet spot by the door, then saw me reaching for the baby.

“Raven, support her head. You can’t just scoop her up like a football.”

I froze.

Was this really the same man who once told me a woman should stay where her mate needed her and preferably keep quiet?

Now he changed diapers without being asked and was teaching me how to hold a baby.

Maybe some people didn’t change so much as finally meet someone who made them want to

At dinner, Aldric held the baby with one arm and spooned food into Lark’s bowl with the other.

“This is amazing. I need to learn how to make it before we leave. You haven’t had a proper meal in days’

I must’ve been staring too long, because Draven leaned closer.

“I already know how to make all your favorite dishes. Don’t need a recipe.”

His voice dropped.

“So can you stop staring at your brother-in-law like he just did something impressive?”

I coughed.

“I wasn’t staring.”

“I can feel your heartbeat through the bond, Raven. Every single beat.”

Fuck the mate bond.

Worst feature ever.

After dinner, I cornered Lark in the kitchen.

“Come to Icefang with me. The pack’s restructuring, and Aldric’s archivist position is being cut. I need someone I trust to handle the books.”

She hesitated.

I leaned closer.

“Besides, don’t you want to see what happened to the woman who ruined your entire last life?”

That did it.

Something sharp flickered in her eyes, a side of her I rarely saw.

“When do we leave?”

On the way back to Icefang, we passed Kaelen’s yard.

His three half-grown kids were shoving Seraphine around. Her designer coat was torn, and her face had gone

blank.

Kaelen sat on the porch smoking and watching.

He didn’t lift a finger.

“She destroyed our family,” one of the boys shouted. “Letting her sleep inside is already more than she

deserves.”

Another spat at her feet.

“What kind of parents raise someone like you?”

That line finally got to her.

Seraphine started screaming and lunged at the boy.

Kaelen jumped up, the woman next door rushed over to break it up, and the whole yard erupted.

We kept driving.

Later, we heard Kaelen had been sent back to his original pack.

After that blowup, Seraphine disappeared.

Nobody knew where she’d gone.

Lark and I didn’t have time to care.

Business kept expanding. Icefang was on track to become the richest pack in the western alliance, Lark and Aldric settled in, and the women’s crew doubled.

Life was good.

After two straight weeks of working late, I fell asleep at my desk three nights in a row.

Draven, future Alpha King candidate and the scariest Alpha in the west, threw a fit because his wife hadn’t come home before midnight.

I could feel his irritation through the bond, low and constant, practically screaming at me to look at him and pay attention to him.

He’d die before admitting it if I called him out.

Ugh.

Building a trade empire was easy.

Dealing with a jealous wolf? That was the real challenge.